Climate Change May Broil Cities

Got a summer home in Bismark yet?

clipped from www.scientificamerican.com SWELTERING CITY: New models suggest that climate change will cause average temperatures in cities to rise; cooler nights will become less frequent. ISTOCKPHOTO Cities were already known to retain more heat than the rural environments that surround them, but new modeling from researchers in the United Kingdom now suggests that urban areas are also more sensitive to changes in climate. Furthermore, they will experience greater increases in average temperature with rises in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and the cooling effects of night will become more of a memory than a reality. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C. -- where Congress is debating over whether to pass a climate bill -- is getting a memorable preview of what new computer models are predicting. Last week's temperatures broke a 100-year record, and forecasters expect this June will be the hottest ever recorded in the area.

Original content Bob DeMarco, the Photovoltaic Solar Power

Life in 2050 -- Climate Out of Control

Bill McKibben on the Symptoms of Global Warming
The author and activist says we may see out-of-control rises in sea level, enormous shortfalls in crop yields and wars over available fresh water

Why haven’t the solar panels been reinstalled at the White House?

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A Nobelist’s Energy Pitch for Obama

clipped from dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com A recipient of the  1976 Nobel Prize in physics, Richter was a signatory on a letter from 34 Nobel laureates to Obama last year pushing for a big and sustained rise in the  federal investment in energy research. (He told me he is unaware of any response from the White House.) He also has written “ Beyond Smoke and Mirrors,” a cogent road map for facing the daunting long-term challenge of cutting emissions of greenhouse gases even as humanity’s growth spurt crests in the next few decades.

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Crude Greed Song

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Rumor: Google to Take On Facebook With “Google Me”

via Louis Gray

clipped from techmiso.com The internets is abuzz this morning after Kevin Rose dropped a potential bombshell rumor on twitter. According to Rose, Google is positioned to enter the social networking space very soon to compete against Facebook with a new service potentially called “Google Me.”

Mortgage Delinquency Rates 90+ Days (Map)

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America's Richest Oilmen

clipped from www.forbes.com Harold Hamm of Continental Resources owns more oil and gas than any other American. And none of it's in the deepwater. In Pictures: America's Richest Oilmen

Global Heat warmest since thorough record keeping began in 1880

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clipped from dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com The National Climatic Data Center has released its  summary of global climate conditions so far this year and finds that the month of May, as well as the period from January through May, were the warmest since thorough record keeping began in 1880. Here’s the way he summarizes the warming-downpour connection: We cannot say that any of this year’s flooding disasters were definitely due to global warming, and part of the reason for this year’s numerous U.S. flooding disasters is simply bad luck. However, higher temperatures do cause an increased chance of heavy precipitation events, and it is likely that the flooding in some of this year’s U.S. flooding disasters were significantly enhanced by the presence of more water vapor in the air due to global warming. We can expect a large increase in flooding disasters in the U.S. and worldwide if the climate continues to warm as expected.

Why James Cameron Is Diving Deep on Gulf Oil

clipped from dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com In a 20-minute phone conversation on Friday, the film director described the meeting of deep-sea minds, which took place on Tuesday and has resulted in a memo, signed by the participants, that he provided to the Coast Guard and other agencies overseeing BP’s efforts to stanch the seabed gusher. He told me he’ll make the document public once the agencies have had time to review it. Cameron also defended his involvement on the issue and clarified his views of BP, which he said were distorted by media coverage of his talk midweek at a digital media conference. Here are a few of his thoughts: James Cameron, best known as one of the world’s most successful filmmakers, this week found himself slammed in some circles for pulling together a brain trust of underwater technology experts to provide advice to the Obama administration for next steps in the unfolding Gulf of Mexico petro-calamity.

Oil Could Reach Atlantic Coasts (VIDEO)